Postal-card case.



M. F. PALMFR,

POSTAL GARD CASE. APPLICATION PTL'LED 535mm 1o, 1012,

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uniruneriirneriirrnr orrion y POSTALCARD CASE.

, 2, ,y `iainrmnn E. PALMER, or. PUEBLO, COLORADO.

lPatented June 3. 191 3.

lipplirra'tion `filed September 10, 1912. Serial No. 719,577.

To all whom t may concern.

Be it known that I, Minnnnn E. PALMER, a citizen oi.E the United States,residing at Pueblo, in the county of lueblo and State ol Colorado, haveinvented a new and useful PostabCard Case, of whiclifthe following in aspecification. l

This invention relates to tiling cases prin'rarily designed to ineloscsouvenir or what are popularly termed picture postcards, and has for itsobject to provide a simply constructed, but more or less ornamentalboolc like case, `which will hold a number ot' the cards in a neat andorderly manner and protect them from dust and injury and yet preservethem 'for ready and convenient reference.

In the accompanying drawings liigure l is aperspective view of myimproved liling ease showing the same in a closed ponition. Fig. 2 is aperspective view ot' the case in an open position. Fig. 3 is a 'l'rontview of the case in a closed position and showing how the cards are heldin thecase. F Il is a horizontal sectional view of the closed case 'withthe cards in elevation.

Referring to the drawings, which illus;- trate the preferred embodimentot myinvention, 5 designates the sides or covers of the case, which areconstructed ot still' paper or other Suitable material of a servicmiblocolor. The sides or covers 5 are connected and spaced the desireddistance apart by means of a back binding (N3, which may be of leather,leathcrette, or any other lSuitable material.

Each side or cover 5 in. provided `with a top and bottom flap 7 and 8respectively, which are arranged at right angles to their respectivesides and extend inwardly. The lla-ps are each of substantially the samewidthas the back. (i and are designed to overlap or be positioned onebeneath the other with the free longitudinal edge oi the inner llap ineach instance abutting,y the inner tace of the opposite sido oil` thecase, to assist in holding' Vthe case in shape when it is in a closedposition. The flaps i" and 8 have rounded corners as shown.

Alhc inner faces ol` the sides or covers 5 and the back (l, as well asthc lop and bottom [laps 7. and are provided with a liningr l) ol strongpaper preferably ot a light color. The lining` ot' the case on thelettsideI is provided with an index. as indicated, while theri-ght sideis ruled to adapt it lor use as amemorandum.

Attached centrally to the inner fac.E of cach side or cover 5 ol thecase is a piece of cord or tape ll), which two cords, when the case han'card placed in it, are carried around the cards and tied, lasillustrated in Fig: l, thus securely holding the Case in a closedposition. The cords,` serve the double purpose ot holding the cards inthe case when putting it in or taking it out of a boolccase and alsoprevent the case 'from opening until untied.

Ifroni tho foregoing;- it will be apparent tha t l have provided aconvenient and useful case, adapted to contain picture post cards'I`which case opens like a book and one in which the cards `will take upbut a trifle more space than with the cards alone. The bottom flaps Swill hold the cards free from the shelves, while the top flaps 'l' willprotect the tops: ol" the cards-l Jfrom dust. The case is made tosimulate ay book, and can be prepared in a variety ol bindings so that apurchaser' can obtain one to harniouize with the books in his library.The cases will be appropriately .inscribed on their backs, as by theworde My collection at the top and Post cards7 near the center, or withsome other suitable title or inscription, which will serve to designatethe case and .its cor-ten.. 1 An is evident, it is not necessary toremove all the cards when it ie dcsii-cd lo insert or remore a card, foralttcr unt-ying the cords: and Spreading' the sides apart a selectedcard can be removed, and in fact in looking atthc cards, it is notnecessary to rcmove them trom the case as both t'accs ot the cards' canbc inspected.

While i have shown my case as of a size i-onicnicnl'. to receive postcards, l also in tend making the aises in other .sizes to receiveletters, photographs, lilme, circulars, pamphlets, etc., which it isdesired to preserve in a nczn'A and. orderly manner in a case that canbe appropriately placed in a con- `fcnient or conspicuous place.

what is claimed isstiling; case comprising spaced-apart,oppositclvdis|aosed sides or covers connected by ay back,inwardly-exlending lop and bottoni llaps otl a width subslaniiallf.'that of the back and carried b v said sides or covers, the top andbottom flaps ot cach side being' adapted to Overlap. the freelongitlulinal edge ol the inner (lap ol cach set bearing against theiuucr face ol. the opposite side to maintain the sides properly spaced,and

e fastening cord or tape extending'from the :1s my own, I have heretoaxed my signanmer face of each side and adapted to be'I ture in thepresence of two Witnesses.

passed around the outer edges of the contents of the case and tied,whereby the case MILDRED E PALMER' 5 and its contents will be held in aclosed po- Witnesses:

Sition. DAVID M. CAMPBELL? In testimony, that I claim the foregoing E.YVHITLooK.

